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...Pakula-Mulligan tandem's biggest hit was the 1967 Up the Down Staircase, based on the Bel Kaufman book about a New York City teacher's attempts to connect with her hard-hided students. The movie landed its leading lady, Sandy Dennis, on the covers of TIME and Newsweek the same week. After a Gregory Peck Western, The Stalking Moon, the producer-director team split. As it happened, Pakula became a director with a broader, deeper palette and somewhat greater success than his old partner (Klute, The Parallax View, All the President's Men, Sophie's Choice, Presumed Innocent...
With the season drawing to a close tomorrow, Harvard will see the finale of fifth-year senior quarterbacks Chris Pizzotti and Liam O’Hagan, a tandem that has passed for 8801 yards and logged 61 touchdowns. But nobody will miss the pair more than their favorite target, junior wide receiver Matt Luft...
...heavy winds on Sunday caused the Crimson to readjust its lineup, switching out its normal crews for heavy crews Himler and sophomore John Stokes. “I give them a lot of credit for their performance this weekend,” captain Jon Garrity said. The sophomore tandem of skipper Alan Palmer and crew Stokes sailed in the A division, placing 11th overall. Meanwhile, skipper Garrity led the way for Harvard in the B division, pacing the boat to a first-place finish. Himler was his crew for the first four races, with Stokes stepping in for the regatta?...
...Communist Party. Despite its domestic agenda, the stimulus package has been warmly welcomed overseas, too. The day after it was revealed, share prices from Hong Kong to London surged. And by again taking action along with the rest of the world (Beijing had previously cut its interest rates in tandem with central banks in other capitals), China is reinforcing its stated willingness to step up and help rebuild the global financial system...
...When I was going out there, I was feeling really nervous…I really didn’t know what to expect,” Chijoff-Evans said. Despite opening up with an uncharacteristic two double faults, he quickly managed to overcome his nerves. Harvard’s tandem fought off an early threat and broke the opposing team’s serve three times on its way to the win. “The Denver guys broke back one time,” said Harvard coach Dave Fish ’72. “But Chris...